Need to export a video from FCP 6 for YouTube upload. QT loses all color correction. Compressor says source not read/write. Please help.

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Need to export a video from FCP 6 for YouTube upload. QT loses all color correction. Compressor says source not read/write. Please help.

I've edited a short video in Final Cut Pro 6 with color correction and other filters, it's under two minutes, nothing fancy, just talking heads, but I want it to look nice. Everytime I export using QuickTime conversion it drops all of the color correction and filters. When I try using compressor it tells me that the Source doesn't have read/write access and I can't quite seem to figure out what precisely this means or how to fix it...I just want to be able to to the video up on YouTube to put it on a Wix site. Help would be much appreciated.

Posted on Apr 10, 2014 4:00 PM

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David Harbsmeier

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Apr 10, 2014 5:49 PM in response to K.M.R.

Instead of using QuickTime Conversion, export a QuickTime Movie and check the self-contained box. Use the resulting file in Compressor.

-DH

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K.M.R. Author

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Apr 10, 2014 8:12 PM in response to David Harbsmeier

That was very helpful and things seem to be working better, but now compressor tells me to restart my computer or veryify my compressor installation when I try to submit a batch. Any ideas?

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K.M.R. Author

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Apr 10, 2014 8:43 PM in response to K.M.R.

Fixed that problem. But the video is now a really terrible quality.

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Apr 11, 2014 8:59 AM in response to K.M.R.

Here's what I do for youtube, Vimeo, etc.

I export a selfcontained qt as David H said.

I bring that file into compressor, I apply the apple: formats: quicktime: h264 preset and then customize it by setting in the encoder panel : video settings: video quality slider to high rather than best. This usually makes a file within the file size limitations with pretty good quality. By default the pixel dimensions and frame rate will match your fcp export.

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